Alogon Necks A victory in G3 Call Turf Sprint

Alogon gets the neck in a daring journey. (Susie Raisher)

By Keith McCalmont

Ozone Park, NY-Charles T. Matses’ Kentucky-Homebred Appeal Held the daring trip to the New York-Foked Daring trip to post a narrow neck victory in the degree 3 of Saturday, $ 200,000 Belmont Turf Sprint, a six-furlong test on the outer turf for 3-year-olds and up, in Belmont on the Big A.

Trained by Ned Allard and driven by Dylan Davis, the 6-year-old Chrome-Ruin van California earned his second local design score after death heating for the victory with New York-Foked Works for me in the aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship in November here. Alogon tried the Belmont Turf Sprint for the third time after the third year last year and celebrated in 2023.

Dancing Buck, the 2022 winner of this event, was aimed forward by Kendrick Carmouche to show the road in 22.02 seconds by an opening quarter-with-mile under pressure from the Manny Franco-Pilotated Senbei.

Alogon stalked to the outside of the third position for live high live low and 4-5 favorite twenty six black while senbei pacesetting dancing buck in turn pressed Bold Journey an inner movement from the back of the Zevenpaardveld.

“Ned gave me free rein here – if we were to break sharply, I would have taken the fronting style, but I saw Kendrick and Manny go on it, so I chose to sit in a comfortable place in a comfortable place,” Davis said.

Dancing Buck cut the corner through half a mile in 44.20, but Alogon appeared Groot and drove the lead on a sixteenth of home when Junior Alvarado shining from the rail and launched a bid to the outside of a receding senbei. Alogon continued to find more late in the track and insured the narrow victory in a recent period of 1: 07.63.

“She wanted to challenge Alogon early, I thought it would have made me too much, so I took him a small grasp of him, left him to the top of the track and asked him there when he did great. He fought some challengers,” Davis said.

It was a length back to the Wide-Rallying twenty six black in third place with Senbei, Dancing Buck, Run Curtis Run and Live High Low Rounding the Order of Finish. Only the most important participant Acoustic Ave was scratched.

Alogon took his first victory in five starts this year, after he earned placements when third place in both the mentioned elusive quality here in May and the degree 1 Jaipur in June on Saratoga Race Course. He arrived from a neck second in the 5 1/2 Furlong da Hoss on September 6 in Colonial Downs won by Doncho, who had arrived from a 5 1/2-Furlong Optional win on August 8 in Ellis Park where his last time of 59.75 seconds on the Turf Kogburn van Brokeburnon van Broke Jaipur in last year.

Allard indicated that Alogon could return to Big A on November 1 for a title defense in the $ 150,000 Aqueduct Turf Sprint Championship.

‘He ran super races [this year] And we were defeated the last time – one jump after the thread, we were there. This was a sweet victory, “said Allard.” He absolutely drove him perfectly. It was a horse race, that’s for sure. It was not a cinch. We will probably come back to the aqueduct, and that will probably close his year. ”

Alogon wins the grade 3 Belmont Turf Sprint Stakes with @Davisjockey On board for trainer Edward Allard. pic.twitter.com/q4xkxh5jhn

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The Hall of Famer Bill Mott trained Bold Journey, a graduate winner, pleased for his fourth second place in his last five grass people.

“He is a hard man,” said Alvarado. “He did what I asked him, fell a bit back, pace was a bit fast, so we came from the pace. When I asked him, he was there for me, today fell a few steps short. He tried very hard for me. He is an old professional.”

Alogon has brought $ 110,000 to the victory and improved its record to 24-7-3-6. He returned $ 11.36 for a profit waving of $ 2. His previous bets are the Wolf Hill 2022 in Monmouth Park and last year’s parx dash mentioned.

Live racing resumes on Sunday in Belmont on the Big A with a nine-race card with the Gio Ponti of $ 150,000 in race 8. The first post is 13:10 hours Eastern.